Snowden's already proven that if he exists, and has done what he has done, its plausible that more like him exist. More like him can exist within Apple, or any of the alphabet agencies, and even more likely within the local law enforcement agencies.
Worse still, are those that might leak for personal gain.
The real issues should be the widespread lack of confidence in our government and their competency in any matter. They should show at least a token amount of respect for the peoples' collective opinion and do something about that.
The only way out of this, and every other problem, here in the States, and around the world is better education, better pay and better incentives for the educators.
Even then its a really long road to travel, but at least it leads somewhere worth going.